One CBS Colorado viewer put it best when they said the state is “spinning around in the devil’s air fryer.” It certainly feels that way across Colorado, where multiple cities, including Denver, broke heat records on Saturday.
Denver’s previous heat record for July 25 was set in 1963 when the temperature at the airport reached 99 degrees. Today, the high temperature at Denver International Airport reached 101 degrees. According to the National Weather Service, other areas that broke previous heat records on July 25 include:
- Boulder reached 100 degrees, previous record of 98 degrees reached in 2023
- Fort Collins hit 101 degrees, previous record of 98 degrees reached in 2023
Many areas across the Front Range and northeast Colorado are expected to break heat records again on Sunday.
Much of the state is under a Heat Advisory as the NWS warns that hot and dry conditions will continue through Sunday. They expect temperatures to reach 100 degrees or more across parts of northeast Colorado, as well as Boulder and the Denver metro area…